Design of passively aerated compost piles: Vertical air velocities between the pipes

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 624-629

  Lynch, Nancy J ^a,b   Cherry, Robert S ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRAXAIR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIPE; VELOCITY;

COMPOST PILES; PASSIVE AERATION; UPWARD AIR FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL AIR VELOCITY;

BIOREACTORS;

EID: 0030250388     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp960048+     Document Type: Article

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